Does loving your job really make work feel effortless?

The popular saying, “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life,” suggests that pursuing work based on your passion eliminates the potential drudgery of labour. This idea may have inspired many to pursue meaningful work, but empirical evidence on its validity has been scarce—until now. Our study, published in the Journal of Management Scientific Reports with our collaborator Professor Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, set out to test some of the fundamental assumptions inherent in advice as well as theory about experiencing a “calling” toward your work.